One of our newest Christmas Traditions:
A JESSE TREE
Some of you may be familiar with this, but this was the first year we got to actually do it with Levi and I LOVED IT!
Each day we got to read a story about someone in the Bible and color a picture/ornament that went along with it...
and we slowly traveled from the Old Testament, learning so many fun stories about important people all the way up until Jesus' birth.
We would then "hang the ornament on our tree" :)
and post the story along the window frame.
It was a great way to share new stories with friends that came by throughout the month as well!
Where does the name "Jesse Tree" come from, you ask?
Isaiah 11:1
Speaking of our coming Savior
We got a surprise "tree" in the mail (Thanks Grammy & Grandpa), so we moved the ornaments onto it, and here was the end result:
What a fun way to learn and see the Lord's hand in it ALL from the very beginning and a fantastic way to celebrate our Savior's birth :)
Looking forward to doing it again next year when Levi will understand even more!
(Although I must admit- he had some great "moments" as we would read the story and he would repeat little parts of it as we told it to him... He melts my heart with his sweet little voice)
Hope you all had a WONDERFUL Christmas and we wish you a Happy New Year!
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